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Dark days : the tunnel today /

For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. DARK DAYS explores this surprisingly domestic subterranean world, unearthing a way of life unimaginable to those above. Through stories simultaneously heartbreaking, h...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Singer, Marc, 1973- (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2000.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Homeless camps > New York (State) > New York.
Homeless persons > New York (State) > New York.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Personnes sans-abri > New York (État) > New York.
Homeless camps
Homeless persons
Social conditions
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Manhattan
1900-1999
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. DARK DAYS explores this surprisingly domestic subterranean world, unearthing a way of life unimaginable to those above. Through stories simultaneously heartbreaking, hilarious, intimate, and off the cuff, tunnel dwellers reveal their reasons for taking refuge and their struggle to survive underground. In this feature, director Marc Singer revisits the train tunnel in 2011.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed October 31, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (22 minutes)
Playing Time:00:21:34